Sanitary toilet-seat attachment



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, J. L. WHEELER vSANITARY TOILET sm; ATTAGHMENT 'Filed May 1, 1925 2 sweeps-sneer 1 ATTX lNov. l25, 1924,

J. L. WHEELER SANITR? TOILET SEAT ATTACHMENT Filed May 1 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 when an aperture has passed the seat aper- Fatented Nov. 25, i924.

JOI-IN L. WHEELER', 0F PITTSBURG, CALIFORNIA.

SANITARY TOlLT-SEAT ATTACHMENT.

Application led May 1, 1923. Serialiv No. `635,838.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, JOHN L. WHEELER, al citizen ofthe United States, residing in the city of Pittsburg, county of Contra Costa, and State of California, have invented a new and useful improvement in a Sanitary Toilet-Seat Attachment, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in sanitary toilet seats wherein an apertured paper web isprovided with regular spaced apertures arranged to be successively registered with the seat aperture.

rEhe primary object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved sanitary' toilet seat cover or attachment by means of which a new sanitary ycover may be provided with each successive use of the seat.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved device of the character described that shall be simple, inexpensive and practicable, and easilyT operated to move an apertured paper web, having regularly spaced apertures therein, to cause successive apertures in said web to register with the seat aperture.

A further objectl of the invention is toV provide improved means for moving manuallythe paper web in either direction whereby the paper web maybe reversed ture whereby said apertures in the seat may be properly registered with ythe seat aperture. f

A still further object is to provide an improved means for engaging and disengaging the paper web moving means to facilitate removal or renewal of the paper web and the operation of the same.

I accomplish these and other means of the device disclosed in the Vdrawings fcrming a part of the present specification wherein like characters of reference are used to designate similar parts throughout the said specification and drawings, and in which- Fig. 1 is a front elevation, partly broken, disclosing the application of my improvement to a toilet seat;

Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view of one of the rotating elements disclosing the means for gripping the paper moving means, the parts being distive roller;

objects yby closed in an inoperative or disengaging position;

Fig. 4 is a similar view but disclosing the gripping elements in an operative or engaging position;

Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view of the device as disclosed in'Fig. 3;

Y Fig. 6 is a similar view disclosing the elements as in Fig. 4; Fig. 7 is a broken detailed view of one of the bearing rods removed from its respec- Fig.8 is a broken detailed view of one of the devices for locking the bearing rods within the bracket; and Fig. 9 is a vertical sectional view taken on line 9--9 of Fig. 8 in the direction indicated.

s Referring to the drawings the numeral 1 is used to designate atoilet seat of the square type, which is so shaped f-or the purf* pose of facilitating the passage of a paper web 2 over the side edges 3 of said seat l.

Mounted upon each side of the seat 1 is a bracket 3 arranged to rotatably support what I term a bearing rod 4 upon which -is mounted a roller having a plurality of radially disposed slots 6 therein. A sleeve 7 isloosely mounted Aupon each roller 5 and the opposite Vof the paper web 2 is detachably connected to opposite sleeves 7 in any suitable manner, which, forming no portion Vof thepresent inventioiifisfnot illustrated.

- rl`he paper webis provided with regularly spaced apertures 8 arranged to register with the seat aperture, said web` being moved to register successive apertures and maybe operated from either end in order that the direction of the movement of the web may be reversed in order to properly register the apertures when one of the apertures inthis paper web is inadvertently moved too far or past the seat aperture.

Mounted within each of radial slots of each roller 5 is a gripping element, formed preferably of annular washers 9 looselyV held in place by means of an annular keeper 1l mounted within an annular groove 12 on the roller 5 and intersecting the radial slots. The radial slots 6 are preferably formed at right angles to each with a set of radial slots adjacent eachend of the roller 5.

The bearing rod 4 is slidably mounted within the roller 5 and projects beyond rotatably support that end oi' said rod and its respective roller 5, while the eppesite end of the said bearing rod et is pro-V vided with a suitable washer 16 and a rigidly secured thumb nut 17.

rlhe washer 16V is arranged to be rotatably mounted within a circular aperture 18 withii'i a plate 19 mounted upon the front or near end of the bracket 3 and is normally held in position by means ot ameniber 21 slidably mounted upon they plate 19 as at 22 and having a lateral extension 23 by means ot which said slide or member 21 may be operated to retain or release the washer 16 i'or the purpose .-o rotatably retaining or removing the bearing r'cd il, in the latter case as when removing the rollers 5 to renew the paper web.

Suitable covers 26 are hingedly secured as at 27 to the brackets 3 whereby the rolled paper web 2 may be protected from contact. y

The paper web 2 will be provided already wound by the manufacturer upon one ot the cardboard sleevesy 7, the inner or wound end ot said web 2being detachably connected to the said sleeve 7 in any suitable manner.

rlhis sleeve 7 With its wound web 2 is lirst placed upon the roller 5, the rod l having been withdrawn, and placed between the brackets 2 on either side of the seat 1. The rod 4C is then inserted through the bearing brackets 3 until the wedge portions 111 thereof engage and project or actuate the gripping elements 9 to engage the internal surface of the sleeve7 whereby said sleeve 7 may be rotated with the roller, in a manner hereinafter more fully described. lfn order to limit the movement of the bearing rod 4l within the roller 5 l have provided a transversely arranged pin 28 within said roller 5 which is slidably engaged by a slot 29, said slot being oi' substantially the same length as the wedge portions Vll of said rod 4l, by means of which arrangement a longitudinal movement of said rod 4e within the roller 5 is permitted to engage and disengage the gripping elements 9.

illhen the rod 4; is moved inwardly to actuate the grippingl elements 9 and thereby rigidly connect the sleeve 7 with the roller 5, the sliding member 22 is moved downwardly by means of the lateral extension 23 to cover partially the washer 17 'and there by rotatably lock the said bearing rod l in an operative position within the brackets 3.

The web 2 is-now threaded over the scat l and the free end of said web Vdetachably connected in any suitable manner to the opposite sleeve 7 which has been mounted upon its bearing rod fl in a manner hereinbefore described.

By means ot' the thumb nut 17 the roller 5 and its sleeve 7 is now rotated until one oi' the apertures 8 in the paper web 2 registers with the seat aperture. Should the aperture inv the Webbe inadvertently or otherwise moved past the seat aperture the web may be reversed by rotating the opposite thumb nut 17 until said aperture regis ters with the seat aperture.

Having thus described my invention what claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patente l. ln a sanitary attachment for toilet seats, a roller detachably mounted upon each side of a toilet seat; a sleeve mounted upon each roller to receive a paper web detachably connected to each roller and passing over the seat and having apertures therein arranged to register with the seat aperture; and expanding and contracting mechanism mounted within each roller and arranged to expand and contract to'engage the sleeve thereon and to rotate said sleeves in either direction when engaged, whereby apertures in the paper web may be moved to register with the seat aperture.

2. ln a sanitary toilet seat attachment roller detachably mounted upon each side of said seatand provided with longitudinal slots; a sleeve mounted upon each roller to receive a sanitary paper web connected between, said rollers and passing over the toilet seat and having spaced apertures therein arranged to register with the toilet seat aperture; gripping elements mounted within the slots in the rollers and arranged to be projected to engage the sleeve and to bereceded to disengage the same; and roller ro-v tating means mounted vwithin each roller and arranged ytoproject said gripping elements to engage the sleeve whereby said sleeve may be rotated to move the paper web and thereby register successive apertures in said web with the toile'teseat aperture.

3. ln a sanitary seat attachment, a suitable bracket mounted upon each side of said seat; a roller detachably mounted for rotation in either direetion within each bracket; a sleeve detachably mounted upon each roller to receive a paper web mounted between Vthe rollers and passing over the toilet seat and having apertures spaced at regular intervals and arranged to register with the seat aperture; gripping elements mounted within each roller and Iarranged to grip lthe sleeve thereon; and rotating means detach ably connected to and arranged to rotate the rollers and sleeves in either direction whereby the apertures within the paper' web may be registered with the seat aperture, said rotatin'gmeans being arranged to actuate the gripping elements 'to engage the sleeves and to actuate said elements to dis engage said sleeves.

4L. )in a sanltary` toilet seat attachment, a bracket mounted upon each side of said seat; a bearing rod mounted Within each bracket; a roller siidably mounted upon" each yrod and having radial slots therein; a sleeve mounted upon each roller to receive a paper web mounted between the sleeves and passing over the toiletseat vand having apertures therein arranged to register with the sea-t aperture; and gripping elements mounted Within the longitudinal slots ofthe rollers and arranged to be ac tuated by the bearing rods to engagev and disengage the sleeves whereby the paper Web may be moved in either direction by rotation of said rods to register the apertures in the paper web with the aperture in the seat.

In Witness whereof I hereunto set my signature.

JOHN L. WHEELER.. 

